Carlos Bustamante named as one of the top 100 worst bosses in America

eBossWatch just published the 2011 America’s Worst Bosses list, and Santa Ana Councilman Carlos Bustamante, who quit a high-paying job as a middle manager at the County of Orange this year after being accused of sexual harassment, was named as one of the 100 worst bosses in America. To date, the 2011 America’s Worst Bosses have cost their employers over $145 million in monetary damages and lawsuit settlement payments.

19 California managers were named among the nation’s worst bosses:

#1: Jon Peters, movie producer, Los Angeles, CA
#4: Dr. Barry Lefkovitch, doctor, Thousand Oaks, CA
#7: James Schwartz, El Camino College, Torrance, CA
#12: Jon Stevenson, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA
#23: David Boreanaz, actor, Los Angeles, CA
#36: Rich Guillen, Carmel City, Carmel, CA
#38: David Meyer, The Finish Line, Milpitas, CA
#45: Michelle Madsen, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Sacramento, CA
#49: Sean Alonzo, American Apparel, Los Angeles, CA
#63: Kunihiko Ogura, New United Motor Manufacturing, Inc., Fremont, CA
#69: Patrick Judd, Mountain Empire High School, Pine Valley, CA
#71: Dov Charney, American Apparel, Los Angeles, CA
#72: Patrick Valdez, LA County Sheriff’s Department, Los Angeles, CA
#75: Trevor McMunn, Mission Viejo High School, Mission Viejo, CA
#77: Lt. John Romero, LAPD, Los Angeles, CA
#81; Charles Dery, LA County Sheriff’s Department, Los Angeles, CA
#89: Sgt. Pete Foster, LAPD, Los Angeles, CA
#93: Adam Christianson, Stanislaus County, Modesto, CA
#99: Carlos Bustamante, Orange County, Santa Ana, CA

Click here to read the  eBossWatch press release.

Bustamante, the lone Republican on the Santa Ana City Council, is up for reelection in Ward 3 next year.  Can you imagine what a pinata he will be if he runs again?  I wonder if Orange County Supervisor Janet Nguyen will endorse him again?  LOL!

Art Pedroza Editor

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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